2014 Topps Heritage Real Ones Autograph Checklist

Every year the most anticipated set within Topps Heritage are the Real One Autographs. This year there are 56 different cards to collect featuring baseball players of today and yesteryear, as well as one baseball-loving celebrity, Keith Olbermann. This year features a few stars never before seen in Heritage including Bo Jackson, Don Mattingly, and Jim Rice. A few superstar Hall of Famers from the 50’s and 60’s also are found including Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays. It is interesting to note that Sandy Koufax is not included. Another thing to note is that Frank Thomas is listed on the checklist but this is not the same Frank Thomas that will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in July. There was another player of the same name that played back in the 1960’s. Although there are a lot of ex players on the checklist you may never heard of that played in the 1960’s, there are several current players in the lineup such as Michael Wacha, Wil Myers, and Evan Gattis. Real One Autographs are generally tough to pull. It will be interesting to see if the odds are better or worse than last year. Last year they were found one per five boxes or so on average. They will most likely also be “Special Edition” Real One Autographs, better known as Red Ink Real One Autographs, in which some of the Real One Autographs will be hand numbered and signed in red ink.